St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-02-13

that all addition al recompense shall be
divided equally after termination of pro.
ceedings. Also that we shall Jointly receive
in addition to the foregoing, $50 for evidence
insuring the conviction of each blind pir. we
10 furnish the same and guarantee conviction
II desired. w. J. MURRAY
Chief National Detective Agency.
st. Paul, MINI.
St. Paul, Mimi, Feb. 5, 1887.
apprehend that it is not necessary TO
read between the lines" to understand
what that agreement was understood TO
mean. 1t meant that Chief Murray was to
drill his associates to do MS bidding and
convict those whom l desired convicted
without regard to facts. This is so plain
that shall not enlarge thereon
A SERIES og MISTAKES.
What next? William j. MURRAY. George
Franklin, Peter A. Smith and two others,
Joseph G. st. Dennis and James E. Hop
kins were contracted for, but am told J,
Z. Kuydendall was rung in instead of one
OF thenl-went to Saltwater and were met
at the train and escorted to the hotel. where
Murray registered himself as George
Brown and the others as William Jones, j.
Williams, n. Porter and Frank Burbeaux.
They ate supper and were duly reviewed
by the saloon keepers. after which they
failed to secrete themselves as agreed upon.
but wanted to see the town. Escorts were
at hand and hacks provided-the best was
none too good for them. Franklin and
Smith insisted on hunting for pigs and got
the wrong pig by the ear--that is they
couldn't tell the difference between q room
full OF beer kegs and room full of harlots
and visited there latter by mistake BY
series OF mistakes they were locked up un-
til Monday morning, when by mistake they
pleaded guilty to being in a house of i'll
fame for immoral purposes, and having
been fined paid their fines by mistake.
Even now they do not know the character
OF the house they visited or of the nice
ladies who sat in their laps.
GEORGE BROWN EFT AL.
Soon after the two Just mentioned had
departed. George Brown (Murray) and his
remaining pals were informed (see Murray
Interview in Journal of Feb 81 that 1.-THE
boys were having good time and had sent
for US to come out" So they started, not
even suspectng that the boys were with
the girls--of course not. But when "a
housekeeper and four girls came out and
invited us in" and they learned that the
other two had been arrested. they concluded
perhaps, that things were mixed. 1t wasn't
as good time as they expected. and they
returned to the hotel, and now believe that
each of those girls was blind pig. In
some manner they became frightened and
changed quarters to the Elliott house,
where new set of names We're registered
and where they obeyed instructions for the
balance OF the evening and retired early.
FALSE PRETENsES.
Sunday morning came as Sunday morn
ings will, but neither of the trio yentured
forth to earn an honest penny. They kept
quiet until about noon, when they creeped
out the back door, crawled up the bluff and
stealthlly made their way to the depot.
Then they stood not upon the order of their
going, but went Not saloon was visited
hot a bit of evidence secured. Why such
deception? The fact that two had been ar
rested did not Justify three in running
away. Did Murray obtain money under
false pretenses? Not necessarily so. Under
the system" 1t was not necessary to visit
the saloons. He will do all be agrees when
he produces the evidence and has his men
drilled so as to stand fire-in other words,
to mass their testimony on facts agreed
upon, being the plan upon which we have
lately operated in Minneapolis
So much for the saltwater episode. The
individual records of the actors was not for
gotten. | have them ALL and an interest
esting chapter could be written thereon.
OTHER MATTERS.
While was engaged in record hunting
others were also busy. The antecedents of
jurors etc., were run down. Only seven
OF the panel had declared that they would
not believe saloonkeeper under oath.
| Law points were looked up and noted, and
by the time the cases of the syndicate were
reached we were ready for the fray. Then
it was, and not until then. that it leaked
out that perhaps the court would accept
line, followed by positive assurance
Thereon. Then it was that we notified
clients as to what could be done, one and
all preferrIng to pay petty fine rather
than take any chances with jury, which,
while not organized to convict. was as rad
ical as one so organized would be, and SO
the fines were paid-the tariff for selling
glass OF whisky being the same as that es-
tabIished for selling cora-cob pipe.
CONCLUSION.
see that Mr. Davis says 1.-THE agreement
was made In the interests of Justice" |
think 1t was made in the interest of econ
omy, and to give other litigants few mo-
ments OF the courts time. Had the cases
been tried they would have lasted for
! Months, and have cost the county thousands
OF dollars more than the revenue collected.
L do not care to discuss the effect which a
knowledge OF the existence of that contract
and the record of the spies had in inducing
the compromise, but have no idea that
there would have been any compromise if
there had been no contract. However, the
chances are that no future grand jury will
be blind or pig-headed enough to present
wholesale indictments in ten dollar cases
the witness being sworn but once in forty
cases. But sufficient unto the day is the
evil thereof"